Reprint from Tube & Pipe Journal - Copyright April/May 2006

What do you monitor to ensure quality?
Forget parts—focus on the process

Short Cuts
• Read about a new way to establish and maintain quality control.
• Shift your focus from individual parts to the overall production process.
• Learn five ways that monitoring the process can be more effective than measuring part dimensions.

It’s time to take a fresh look at the way manufacturers monitor quality in their facilities. A new perspective is especially critical for simple processes such as tube bending, end forming, riveting, and crimping, in which the manufacturer must produce parts at “parts-per-second” speeds for only “pennies-per-part” prices. Failing to ensure absolute quality in such circumstances can result in significant penalties, containment, reduced profits, or lost business.

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